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Sunak is passing the buck to local councils.

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[–] Oneeightnine@feddit.uk 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm sure the local councils will see an increase to central government funding right?

Right??

[–] Syldon@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, riiiight !

[–] Tangentism@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Saw a report earlier that a lot of councils are on the verge of bankruptcy because of the increase in the last few years of the cost of providing emergency accommodation to the genpop, not asylum seekers.

For example, Hastings council housing bill went from £750k in 2019 to £5.6M by next April